wheel bearings in 97' Mistubishi Mirage?

Question

I need the how to info on how to change these out. Autozone has the bearings and the whole assembley. $40 difference in price

Travis, your profile doesn't allow email or IM, so here are the details on the car.
1997 Mitsibishi Mirage DE 1.5. Appears to have the 3 sp auto transmission and has 245K on it. I just bought it about a month ago and the previous owner had two very different tires on the front. He also had allowed the car to sit for over a year, obviously with the windows down. However she runs fine and was only $700 bucks. I don't think the transmission fluid has ever been changed and she needs some maintenance that has been neglected for a long time. It will be interesting to see how well she goes after I can get all of this done. Seems to be a great little car!
Thanks for your help!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Your car is a Fifth-generation Mirage (5G for short). To give you a correct answer, can you tell me if your car has the 4G15 (1.5L) or 4G93 (1.8L) engine. Also, is it automatic or manual transmission? Front or Rear wheel bearing?

I want to say that it's the same as a 1993-1996 one, depending on the engine/transmission, but Mitsubishi does weird things every so often when it comes to their cars.

Also, don't buy the Haynes/Chilton manual for the 90-00 Mirage/Galant/etc, as they lump WAY too many models together. Three generations of the Mirage, Galant and Diamante, along with 2 or 3 engines for each model and way too many transmissions will only lead to confusion, frusteration and probably an aneurysm . I have both the Haynes/Chilton manual and the Factory Service Manual from Mitsubishi and I swear by the factory manual.

If you could, please send me a message on yahoo menssenger (same username as here) about it and I'll gladly help you out.

Answer 2

If you car is front wheel drive, it's probably not wheel bearings. Get a second opinion from a good brake shop. They can repair both for a lot less than the "stealership" will charge for premium pads. Sounds like wear sensors on your brake pads. But without knowing details about your car it would be only a guess. When was your last brake pad replacement, more than 20,000 miles ago. In most cars brakes and wheel bearings are closely related. Applying the brakes does change the load on the wheel bearings and could stop them from making noise, but usually wheel bearings don't suddenly fail between brake jobs on a well-maintained vehicle.